BitTorrent Explained by Common Craft

This video teaches the basics of how BitTorrent's technology works to make it easy and fast to download files from the Internet. It includes: • How files are shared on the Web and what makes BitTorrent different • The BitTorrent application and how it is used • How trackers, peers and hosts work together to deliver "pieces" of files • How anyone can use BitTorrent to share or download files